Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Police Arrest 2 With Guns in Delta Community

Nemesis has caught up with two suspected armed robbers, who were on their way for operation in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.

Men of the state police command swooped on their tricycle when they were about to unleash terror on some unsuspecting victims along the popular DSC Round-about in the locality.

The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Celestina Kalu, who spoke on the development at the command headquarters in Asaba, said four occupants made frantic efforts to escape arrest before luck ran against two of them.

She said at DSC Roundabout Effurun, Patrol men from Ekpan Division stopped the tricycle with four occupants for search and immediately the tricycle with registration number BEN 860 QE stopped, two of the occupants took to their heels while the remaining two were arrested.

The PPRO listed the items recovered from the tricycle to include, “one locally made cut to size double barrel gun, one locally made cut-to-size single barrel gun and three live cartridges”.

She said the suspects are assisting the police with further investigation, “even as efforts are on top gear to track down their fleeing cohorts”.